The Argentine as a Market

by Nowell Lake Watson

EXPORTS OF CATTLE, SKINS, AND WOOL.

	CATTLE.		SHEEPSKINS.
Years.	1000’s.	Value $1000 gold.	1000 Tons.	Value $1000 gold.
1896	382	6,543	36	4,061
1897	238	5,018	37	4,094
1898	359	7,690	42	6,194
1899	312	6,824	41	9,308
1900	150	3,678	37	7,472
1901	119	1,980	41	7,339
1902	118	2,848	41	8,487
1903	181	4,437	41	10,132
1904	129	2,852	37	8,676
1905	262	5,160	30	9,483

	WOOL.		SALTED CATTLE HIDES.		DRY CATTLE HIDES.
Years.	1000 tons.	Value $1000 gold.	1000 tons.	Value $1000 gold.	1000 tons.	Value $1000 gold.
1896	187	33,516	29	4,598	21	6,600
1897	205	37,450	27	4,605	29	8,596
1898	221	45,534	29	5,171	23	6,887
1899	237	71,283	28	5,334	23	8,001
1900	101	27,991	26	5,285	24	8,159
1901	228	44,666	28	5,281	26	8,848
1902	197	45,810	35	6,384	26	8,822
1903	192	50,424	28	5,360	23	7,787
1904	168	48,355	29	5,267	22	8,256
1905	191	64,312	49	9,147	24	9,929

EXPORTS OF WHEAT, MAIZE, AND LINSEED.

	WHEAT.		MAIZE.		LINSEED.
Years.	1000 tons.	Value $1000 gold.	1000 tons.	Value $1000 gold.	1000 tons.	Value $1000 gold.
1896	523	12,830	1,570	15,594	229	6,856
1897	101	3,470	374	5,478	162	4,996
1898	645	22,368	717	9,274	158	5,420
1899	1,713	38,078	1,116	13,042	217	7,402
1900	1,929	48,627	713	11,933	223	10,674
1901	904	26,240	1,112	18,887	338	16,513
1902	644	18,584	1,192	22,994	340	17,840
1903	1,681	41,323	2,104	33,147	593	21,239
1904	2,303	66,947	2,469	44,391	880	28,359
1905	2,868	85,883	2,222	46,537	654	26,233

THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY 1895-1905.

CULTIVATED AREA IN THOUSAND HECTARES.[8]
Years.	Wheat.	Linseed.	Maize.	Hay.	Other cultivations.	Total.
1895	2,049	387	1,244	713	497	4,892
1896	2,500	360	1,400	800	510	5,570
1897	2,600	350	1,000	900	522	5,372
1898	3,200	332	850	1,067	533	5,983
1899	3,250	355	1,009	1,268	545	6,427
1900	3,379	607	1,255	1,511	557	7,311
1901	3,296	782	1,405	1,631	567	7,683
1902	3,695	1,307	1,801	1,730	580	9,114
1903	4,320	1,487	2,100	2,172	606	10,685
1904	4,903	1,082	2,287	2,503	648	11,424
1905	5,675	1,022	2,717	2,983	682	13,081

[ 8.] One hectare = 2·47114 acres.

THE CULTIVATED AREA IN THE YEARS 1895-1905 COMPARED.

Products.		Census, 1895. 1000 hectares.	Agricultural Statistic, 1905. 1000 hectares.		Increase. %
Wheat		2,049	5,675		176·9
Linseed		387	1,022		164·0
Maize		1,244	2,717		118·4
Barley		54	58		7·7
Hay		713	2,983		318·4
Tobacco		15	19		22·7
Sugar cane		61	65		7·3
Vineyards		33	53		59·0
Cotton		1	4		397·4
Pea nut		13	29		119·0
Potatoes		21	40		91·0
Beans		20	24		18·3
Vegetables		=48	39		=1·8
Tapioca			5
Spurge			3
Rice		=156	3		=57·4
Oats			51
Common rye			2
Canary-seed			21
Coffee			0
Forests			166
Fruits		71	87		21·9
Sundries		—	3		—
Total		4,892	13,081		167·4

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